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Archive2010 - President Zuma, State of the Nation Address, 11 February 2010
… 2010 Honorouble Speaker; I stand before you this evening, 20 years since President Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela walked out … for the historic announcements by…
PlaceGrahamstown, now known as Makhanda
… the expulsion of the Xhosa chief, Ndlambe and some 20,000 of his followers from the Zuurveld , in 1811, the … the expulsion of the Xhosa chief Ndlambe and…
Daily reflections by Virginia MacKenny, September 2002
… highly pessimistic photographic documentation Fish Story (1990-95). In it he tracks, through image and text, the … does not lose his audience and paces his…
ArchiveApartheid Super Spy, Craig Williamson’s Trails of Death and Destruction: The Scandinavian Connection, (Responses to recent exposures in Jyllands Posten) by Prithiraj Dullay
… on the protection of refugees by host countries. In 1990 there was a further attempt to assassinate me when the … did? Perhaps the answer is to be found…
Memorandum from Nelson Mandela to F. W. de Klerk, 26 June 1992
… under the pretext of their being cultural weapons in 1990. The fact that the majority of the deaths and injuries … and entertainment. This is the stark…
ArchiveChief Albert Luthuli Lecture, Africa and Freedom, delivered by the patron of the TMF, Thabo Mbeki, 10 December 2021
… the middle class is the $10,000 to $100,000 range. Only 20.2% of South Africans currently fall into this category, … Suisse also says that 90% of the…
From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree
… the 1980s. After the unbanning of the ANC, PAC and SACP in 1990 COSATU entered into a Tripartite Alliance with the ANC …
A common purpose: the Commonwealth’s support for the AAM
… the release of Nelson Mandela, which finally came about in 1990. In the intervening years the Commonwealth agreed a …
Book 6: Negotiation, Transition and Freedom - Chapter 2 - Explaining the Miracle by Max du Preez
… itself out of power. Yet that was what happened between 1990 and 1994 in South Africa – the Whites-only National …
Book 5: People, Places and Apartheid - Introduction
… from the 1970s through to the beginning of negotiations in 1990. In Chapter 1, Malegapuru William Makgoba provides …
January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the ANC - 8 January 1981
… but quite erroneously believe to be impregnable 20 Years of Umkhonto we Sizwe The year 1980 was a historic … well as their hearts open to our youth during…
PlaceADAMS CALENDAR also known as: 'Blaauwboschkraal Stone Ruins'
… be in the thousands. By 1774, this estimate had risen to 20,000; on further exploration. In 2003, a South African …
PlaceMcGregor, Western Cape
… lies at the foot of the Riviersonderend Mountains, 20 km from Robertson, on a good tarred road. A dirt road does … lies at the foot of the Riviersonderend…
PlaceNelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Eastern Cape
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality includes: 'Port Elizabeth now Gqeberha; Uitenhage; Despatch and Colchester'. Named after; Nelson Mandela, who is South Africa's…
PlaceSedgefield
The Cape Fold Mountains of the Western Cape create the great divide that separates the temperate region of the Garden Route from its drier inland counterpart,…
PlaceWakkerstroom
"Nestled in the rolling hills and tranquil Valleys of South Africa’s Mpumalanga Province, Wakkerstroom is a hidden gem waiting to be discovered. Known for its…
PlaceCape Saint Francis, Lighthouse in the Eastern Cape
… refracting prisms and provided a single white flash every 20 seconds. It was equipped with a 3 wick burner and produced …
ArticleIndian Passive Resistance in South Africa: 1946 - 1948
… the first loan of £300, at an interest of 4% p.a. (over 20 years) was granted to Saminaden Chetty to erect a house. … in the delegation to India turned down…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Matomela by Maximiliano Rubio
… Trial of 1956 , but her charges were later acquitted. [20] Moreover, in the same year, the Federation of South … August 9th, 1956. [21] It was on that day…
SAHO Timeline and Milestones
… on behalf of the Deputy President on 30 August. 20 Sept 2001 Narratives - Rituals and Graven Images By Omar … documentary photographers The exhibition was…
His Life and Legacy - Oliver Tambo
… in Exile 1960; the President of the ANC from 1977 until 1990; then National Chairperson until his death, in 1993. … on 17 October 1917, in the small village…
ArchiveA death warrant for Afrikaans by Hermann Giliomee, 11 November 2019
… parallel medium would necessitate an increase of a hefty 20% in student fees. An ex-Vice-Chancellor of SU briefed by …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Communications and the Battle of Ideas, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… and deepening of democracy in South Africa. Disability: 20. We reaffirm the principle that all media, especially the …
2007 ANC National Policy Conference: Report of the Commission on Peace and Stability, 30 June 2007, Gallagher Estate
… of issues of peace and stability. Therefore resolve: 20. ANC/Alliance needs to encourage its members and …
Mines of the beloved country: Through the mind of a photographer and essayist by J Brooks Spector (Daily Maverick), 5 November 2012
Back in the mid-1970s, when the writer was still feeling his way along the dark moral landscape that was South Africa, a South African colleague insisted we…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
Thirty years ago in 1977 the beast of Apartheid snuffed out the life of one of the greatest thinkers in the liberation pantheon of South Africa: Steve Biko. He…
PlaceOude Molen, Alexandra Care and Rehabilitation Centre, Maitland
… (spelt Van Nieuwkerken in one place) and the latter on 20 February 1802 to J. de Vries. Both transfers were …
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… Ernst, Otto Died: 29 Sep 1904 Hallowell, William Died: 20 June 1896 Hammond, Frank Joseph Died: 24 Aug 1894 Hammond, …
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Address to Returned Soldiers of the Cape Corps, 1919
… the world so anxiously and hopefully waited for the last 20 year is as far off as ever. I am glad to see that the Cape …